Luftflotte 5

Luftflotte 5 was a division of the German Luftwaffe air force during World War II. It was active from 12 April 1940 to 8 May 1945. The division was formed in Hamburg for Operation Weserubung, the invasion of Norway, and it transferred to Oslo on 24 April 1940 and was responsible for Luftwaffe activity in occupied Norway during the war. Luftflotte planes from Norway periodically attacked Allied shipping near Murmansk in the Soviet Union, but its strength was decreased as Luftwaffe soldiers were pressed into the Wehrmacht, and it was active only on paper by the time of the war's end in 1945.